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One of the world's favourite... The image is the cover of the Clement C Moore book. The words are a very poor adaptation of his famous work.
Please stay safe, follow Public Health recommendations. Wear a mask in public and get the vaccinations/boosters as soon as you can.
Seasons Greetings and Happy Christmas. And as a wise man once said…
May your God go with you.
How to travel across Europe and present a Covid vaccine pass no matter where you are.
This might help you to work things through if you are going to be in Europe (not UK) any time in the near future. NOTE I know this works for USA residents only. It may work for other countries where the vaccine you have has been approved for use in the EU. NOTE – I know this does work for Pfizer. According to the EU website a further 6 vaccines are approved these include the other 2 USA ones: Moderna and J&J. https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans_en
The background is that the EU has – as some of you already know – a common standard for vaccination certificates. How one get’s the certificate and that process has value for US based travellers. Unlike other countries Germany insists on using a single certificate for each administered injection. Several countries in Europe also permit the cross over of one vaccination form in one country for another. And this is where it gets interesting. With each individual vaccination certificate this has value. They can be loaded onto different covid apps. That may sound a little weird but bear with me. While ANY EU country will accept another country’s certificates – it is useful to have more than one country version. That is because they are all a little different.
Back to my 3 certificates. I already had a Pass Sanitaire from France. https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/coming-to-france-your-covid-19-questions-answered/procedure-for-non-european-nationals-to-obtain-a-valid-covid-certificate-in/ However after about 8 months the Pass goes inactive. I was able to load it back up with the 3rd (of 3) certificates that I now had from Germany. https://www.digitaler-impfnachweis-app.de/en/ BUT – in Spain and Gibraltar the paper version was still working. The app however would work again until I topped up the certificate into the Pass.
Cut to the chase… how to go about doing this?
Note that there are some other countries who accept the European certificates. Singapore is one. The same process may work in other countries. I suggest you check with a friend in that country.
The reason I like the German version is that they issue one vaccination certificate for each time you are jabbed.
Happy Travels.
With apologies to Lee Greenwood - because he let's his song be abused anyway...
I would like to put a new rap soundtrack underneath this song. Because SCOTUS is about to gut Roe vs Wade and thus we need to know about the new American Male. And here is how it goes:
If tomorrow all the things were gone (LIKE DEMOCRATS AND
OTHER LOW LIFES)
I worked for all my life (TO KEEP THE THAT WELFARE CHECK COMING)
And I had to start again (UNDER THE GOD TRUMP)
With just my children and my wife (WHO WILL BE MY VASSALS AND SERVANTS)
I'd thank my lucky stars (FOR THOSE REPUBLICAN CROOKS)
To be livin' here today (AS IF THAT IS WHAT ONE CAN CALL LIVING)
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom (HAS BEEN SO DEBASED IT’S NOT WORTH
ANYTHING)
And they can't take that away (BUT IT’S GREAT THE GOP IS SURE TRYING HARD)
And I'm proud to be an American (… MALE)
Where at least I know I'm free (.. TO DO WHAT I WANT, KILL, MAIM AND
DISCRIMINATE)
And I won't forget the men who died (ACTUALLY I ALREADY DID)
Who gave that right to me (WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE ANY WAY – MUST HAVE BEEN
SOCIALISTS OR DEMOCRATS)
And I'd gladly stand up (AND STORM THE CAPITOL)
Next to you and defend her still today (ACTUALLY IT’S “HIM” I AM DEFENDING, YOU
KNOW – TRUMP)
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land (TEXAS IS ABOUT IT)
God bless the USA (UNITED STATES OF (male) ASSHOLES)
Thank you for reading.
Welcome to Travel Euphoria.
There is a lot of what has been called "Revenge" travel. That will drive the initial highs particularly VFR. Once these bumps are out - then the total traffic will fall back to a lower level than 2019 and that will impact the entire travel ecosystem.
Let us dive into that hypothesis, clearly there are 2 constraints. Physical and Sentiment
Physical is what we have been focused during the pandemic. Actual border restraints; quarantines, testing. These have taken the form of unilateral (one country closing its borders), bilateral (choosing one country to discriminate against) and overall multi-lateral (all travel must stop).
But we have NO CLUE about sentiment
Sentiment is usually discerned by asking people what they feel. BUT we all know that respondents to surveys frequently lie and when the rubber meets the road it is likely that potential travellers will be more reticent than they will respond on a form.
There is however another factor, namely new learned behaviour.
Human behaviour has memory that can be changed. New behaviour replaces old behaviour? How long does that take?
According to some psychologists the norm should be about 21 days. One of the better studies states 66 Days, and even the most optimistic is at the outside 254 days. Well, here we are in the pandemic at over 600 days, so we have all learned to live without travel.
https://jamesclear.com/new-habit
Coming back to travel will require us to learn anew the joys of travel.
We need to acknowledge that yes, we will return to some travel, but the impact will be moderated horizontal and vertical. Overall, less people will “do” travel due to both real and sentiment driven reasons. Those who do will travel less frequently. Is it not odd that no one is talking about this?
“Travel will come back... 2022 will look like 2019” - Politely this is BS or more accurately it is wishful thinking.
Let’s focus on Corporate Travel. What should companies do in this situation? We already know that corporate budgets have been slashed and some are even saying they will cut travel permanently. Even for the travel that does take place – liability coverage costs will increase. And even at the personal level, testing will add significant cost. Also, on the personal front what happens if a parent gets trapped away from home? Once hearth and home are threatened resistance behaviour increases exponentially.
Travel will need to start rebuilding trust. This is not being addressed. Governments have proved themselves untrustworthy in many regards during the pandemic. The travel industry will have to address this themselves. Governments generally think that paying the airlines off was a good enough fop to the industry.
We should all be concerned that we don't get wrapped up in the euphoria of the moment. China was the number 2 player in global travel in 2019. They are not going to be opening their borders probably until 2023.
Here is an analysis from OAG of the impact of China’s absence from the South East Asia Markets
Source OAG. © 20121
Many of us have either personal or near acquaintance travel experiences. Those of us who have traveled (Author included), will think more carefully about whether or not they will subject themselves to the new order and risk. Some will just say – no thanks – I’ll just stay home. Euphoria will fade fast, and reality of the new learned behaviour will become a permanent aspect and friction of travel.
With acknowledgement to the fellow debaters of 2020 and 2021 Great WIT Debate teams who stimulated and participated in the creation of this post.
The views expressed here are purely personal.
